Overall: 25-6, .806 W-L% (15th of 290)
Conference: 15-1, 1st in Southern (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Rick Huckabay (25-6)
*Overall W-L adjusted to 25-5 (more)
PS/G: 80.8 (31st of 290) ▪ PA/G: 73.2 (158th of 290)
SRS: 2.65 (106th of 290) ▪ SOS: -4.96 (222nd of 290)
NCAA Tournament: (#13 seed in East)
Lost East First Round (76-60) versus #4 Texas Christian
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat, Nov 29, 1986 | REG | @ | Kent State | MAC | L | 69 | 73 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 2 | Fri, Dec 5, 1986 | REG | Radford | Big South | W | 72 | 61 | 1 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 3 | Sat, Dec 6, 1986 | REG | Austin Peay | OVC | L | 68 | 73 | 1 | 2 | L 1 | ||
| 4 | Wed, Dec 10, 1986 | REG | Ohio | MAC | W | 78 | 68 | 2 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 5 | Thu, Dec 18, 1986 | REG | Florida A&M | MEAC | W | 90 | 85 | 3 | 2 | W 2 | ||
| 6 | Sat, Dec 20, 1986 | REG | Middle Tennessee | OVC | W | 87 | 85 | 4 | 2 | W 3 | ||
| 7 | Mon, Dec 22, 1986 | REG | Sam Houston State | GSC | W | 85 | 65 | 5 | 2 | W 4 | ||
| 8 | Sat, Dec 27, 1986 | REG | @ | West Virginia | A-10 | L | 67 | 69 | 5 | 3 | L 1 | |
| 9 | Tue, Dec 30, 1986 | REG | @ | Baylor | SWC | L | 69 | 73 | 5 | 4 | L 2 | |
| 10 | Sat, Jan 3, 1987 | REG | Nevada | Big Sky | W | 86 | 84 | 6 | 4 | W 1 | ||
| 11 | Sat, Jan 10, 1987 | REG | Appalachian State | Southern | W | 85 | 72 | 7 | 4 | W 2 | ||
| 12 | Mon, Jan 12, 1987 | REG | East Tennessee State | Southern | W | 81 | 62 | 8 | 4 | W 3 | ||
| 13 | Thu, Jan 15, 1987 | REG | @ | Virginia Military Institute | Southern | W | 83 | 71 | 9 | 4 | W 4 | |
| 14 | Sat, Jan 17, 1987 | REG | @ | Citadel | Southern | W | 72 | 69 | 10 | 4 | W 5 | |
| 15 | Mon, Jan 19, 1987 | REG | @ | Furman | Southern | W | 76 | 72 | 11 | 4 | W 6 | |
| 16 | Sat, Jan 24, 1987 | REG | Chattanooga | Southern | W | 94 | 81 | 12 | 4 | W 7 | ||
| 17 | Mon, Jan 26, 1987 | REG | @ | Western Carolina | Southern | W | 75 | 69 | 13 | 4 | W 8 | |
| 18 | Thu, Jan 29, 1987 | REG | Virginia Military Institute | Southern | W | 104 | 77 | 14 | 4 | W 9 | ||
| 19 | Sat, Jan 31, 1987 | REG | @ | East Tennessee State | Southern | W | 86 | 72 | 15 | 4 | W 10 | |
| 20 | Mon, Feb 2, 1987 | REG | Davidson | Southern | W | 76 | 67 | 16 | 4 | W 11 | ||
| 21 | Sat, Feb 7, 1987 | REG | Furman | Southern | W | 82 | 61 | 17 | 4 | W 12 | ||
| 22 | Mon, Feb 9, 1987 | REG | Citadel | Southern | W | 96 | 92 | 18 | 4 | W 13 | ||
| 23 | Wed, Feb 11, 1987 | REG | @ | Morehead State | OVC | W | 91 | 83 | 19 | 4 | W 14 | |
| 24 | Sat, Feb 14, 1987 | REG | Western Carolina | Southern | W | 104 | 78 | 20 | 4 | W 15 | ||
| 25 | Mon, Feb 16, 1987 | REG | @ | Chattanooga | Southern | L | 78 | 82 | 20 | 5 | L 1 | |
| 26 | Sat, Feb 21, 1987 | REG | @ | Davidson | Southern | W | 96 | 90 | 21 | 5 | W 1 | |
| 27 | Mon, Feb 23, 1987 | REG | @ | Appalachian State | Southern | W | 75 | 69 | 22 | 5 | W 2 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 28 | Fri, Feb 27, 1987 | CTOURN | N | Appalachian State | Southern | W | 76 | 61 | 23 | 5 | W 3 | |
| 29 | Sat, Feb 28, 1987 | CTOURN | N | Furman | Southern | W | 77 | 64 | 24 | 5 | W 4 | |
| 30 | Sat, Mar 7, 1987 | CTOURN | N | Davidson | Southern | W | 66 | 64 | OT | 25 | 5 | W 5 |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 31 | Thu, Mar 12, 1987 | NCAA | N | Texas Christian | SWC | L | 60 | 76 | 25 | 6 | L 1 |